Table 1.
Start, end dates and length of the Olea main pollen season (MPS) over the study period.
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Average | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPS | Start | 10-May | 23-May | 18-Apr | 10-May | 15-May | 9-May | 7-May | 7-May | 4-May | 23-May | 12-May |
| End | 18-Jun | 25-Jun | 29-May | 27-Jun | 13-Jul | 19-Jun | 10-Jun | 10-Jul | 3-Jun | 1-Jul | 21-Jun | |
| Length | 40 | 34 | 42 | 49 | 60 | 42 | 35 | 65 | 31 | 40 | 44 | |
| Pollen | Total | 239 | 112 | 426 | 395 | 146 | 179 | 447 | 207 | 1388 | 232 | 377 |
| Peak day | 65 | 55 | 85 | 112 | 38 | 42 | 112 | 33 | 199 | 35 | 78 | |
| Date peak | 29-May | 24-May | 11-May | 1-Jun | 5-Jun | 18-May | 12-May | 3-Jun | 4-May | 24-Jun | 25-May | |
| Ole e 1 | Total | 0.223 | 0.047 | 0.101 | 0.337 | 0.127 | 0.174 | 0.141 | 0.711 | 0.487 | 0.125 | 0.247 |
| Peak day | 0.054 | 0.005 | 0.010 | 0.134 | 0.012 | 0.018 | 0.021 | 0.042 | 0.088 | 0.016 | 0.040 | |
| Date peak | 29-May | 28-May | 11-May | 14-May | 23-Jun | 6-Jun | 12-May | 5-Jun | 21-May | 24-Jun | 29-May | |
| Pollen Allergen Potency × 10−4 | 9.318 | 4.168 | 2.362 | 8.539 | 8.714 | 9.708 | 3.159 | 34.151 | 3.507 | 5.371 | 8.705 | |
| Pollen risk | Moderate | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.6 |
| High | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ole e 1 risk | Moderate | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3.1 |
| High | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.6 | |
| Pollen + Allergen | Moderate | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 4.3 |
| High | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.6 | |
Total Olea pollen (pollen/m3), pollen peak (pollen/m3), pollen peak date (days). Total allergen (ng/m3), allergen peak (ng/m3), allergen peak date (days) and Pollen Allergen Potency (ng/pollen). Number of days with allergy risk periods for pollen and allergen considering the thresholds of allergic risk for the pollen (Moderate 50–200 pollen/m3, High >200 pollen/m3; Galán et al., 2007), the allergens (Moderate 0.015–0.041 ng/m3, High >0.042 ng/m3) and both together.